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By Nicholas Kulish. 2014
Aribert Heim, former Nazi doctor at the Mauthausen concentration camp, escaped to Baden-Baden after the war and later to Cairo,…
where he lived in anonymity. German police investigator Alfred Aedtner refused to let Heim go unpunished, and teamed up with Simon Wiesenthal in a quest to bring him to justice. Violence. 2014By Nancy Keene. 2015
A guide full of tips to make any visit to the hospital easier. The author explains how to cope with…
procedures, plan for surgery, communicate with doctors and nurses, and deal with insurance companies. A packing list and helpful resources are also included. 2015By David Thomas, Kent Brantly, Amber Brantly. 2015
Kent Brantly, a medical doctor and the first Ebola patient treated in the United States, and his wife Amber, a…
nurse, discuss the Ebola outbreak in Africa in 2014, ways their religious convictions led them to serving on medical missions, and the toll and treatment of Kent's diagnosis. 2015After relating her first years with guide dog Teela in Traveling Blind: Adventures in Vision with a Guide Dog by…
My Side (BR 18861), Stanford professor Krieger returns with another book about her now aging companion. She discusses her blindness and the many ways her relationship with Teela has enriched her life. 2015By Jessica Fechtor. 2015
Fechtor reflects on her life before and after suffering a brain aneurysm at the age of twenty-eight. She describes hospitalizations,…
surgeries that resulted in her losing sight in one eye, and her rehabilitation process, in which her love of food and cooking played a key role. Includes recipes. 2015By Susan Cain. 2013
Author explores introversion from a cultural point of view. Posits that as many as half of Americans are introverts, even…
as society promotes what she calls the "extrovert ideal." Examines the differences between the two personality types. Suggests ways to nurture "quiet" children. 2012By Bruce B. Lawrence, Bruce B Lawrence. 2015
Islamic studies professor examines history, culture, theology, politics, and media to explain the importance of the central expression of the…
Muslim religion: Allah. Lawrence discusses art, rituals, divergent sets of practices, and the influence of religious practice on scientific and mathematical exploration. 2015By David Perlmutter. 2015
Neurologist explains the potent interplay between intestinal microbes and the brain. He describes how the microbiome develops from birth and…
evolves based on lifestyle choices. Includes dietary recommendations and a six-step program to improve gut ecology and brain health potential. 2015By Sheldon Krimsky. 2015
Philosopher uses the construct of fictional dialogues to explore the scientific, political, and socioethical impacts of policies regarding the use…
of stem cells in research and medical applications. Topics include what stem cells are, the status of embryos, stem-cell tourism, and more. 2015By G. Willow Wilson. 2010
Author's memoir of her conversion to Islam and her romantic relationship with an Egyptian man after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.…
Details her spiritual search as a college student, her move to Cairo at age twenty-one, and the culture clash she experienced as an American living in Egypt. 2010Clinical child psychologist examines what he deems is the frequent practice of incorrectly diagnosing healthy American children with psychiatric conditions.…
Uses case studies to illustrate society's search for a quick fix for common childhood behaviors. Offers parental tips on effecting change in positive ways. 2013By Stephen Currie. 2013
Discusses the history of the Black Death, a plague that killed millions throughout Europe, Asia, and Africa in the middle…
of the fourteenth century. Explains the environmental conditions that contributed to this disease, describes the symptoms and treatment, and examines the epidemic's legacy. For junior and senior high readers. 2013By Laurie Edwards. 2013
The author of Life Disrupted: Getting Real about Chronic Illness in Your Twenties and Thirties (DB 67333), reviews the history…
of chronic disease, disability rights, the women's health movement, and cultural assumptions about the sick. Includes stories from patients and critiques of the health-care system. 2013By Sally L Satel. 2013
Psychiatrist Satel and psychologist Lilienfeld examine the possibilities and limitations of applied human neuroscience. They investigate the use of function…
magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to learn what shapes behavior by professionals in the fields of marketing, law, ethics, and addiction counseling. 2013By Oliver Sacks. 2012
Neurologist and author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (DB 23901) examines the phenomenon, history, and…
treatment of hallucinations. Investigates visual, auditory, and olfactory events. Discusses drug-induced, mind-altering experiences and diseases with hallucinatory symptoms such as Charles Bonnet syndrome, which affects blind individuals. Bestseller. 2012Details the circumstances behind a secret throat-cancer operation that President Grover Cleveland underwent on July 1, 1893, while aboard a…
private yacht on Long Island Sound. Discusses the vilification, and later vindication, of the reporter who exposed the event. 2011Details scientist Randy Lewis's study of the golden orb weaver spider's silk and its possible uses. Discusses his research with…
transgenic goats--which he injected with spider genes--and provides a basic introduction to DNA and gene theory. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2013Literature professor investigates the world of Mary Shelley as she wrote Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (DB 25835). Profiles literary…
influences, including Lord Byron and Shelley's husband Percy Bysshe Shelley. Discusses eighteenth- and nineteenth-century medical practices such as stealing corpses for dissection and anatomical study. Young adult appeal. 2013By Katherine Bouton. 2013
Former New York Times editor chronicles her own hearing loss and relates the experiences of others with the condition. Investigates…
the causes, effects, and management--with hearing aids and cochlear implants--of this disability. Also discusses tinnitus, vertigo, and research into biological cures. Offers communication tips. 2013By Regine Stokke, Henriette Larsen. 2012
Blog posts by Norwegian Regine Stokke (1991-2009), who was diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome and acute myelogenous leukemia in 2008. Chronicles…
her treatments and details her thoughts about and struggles with cancer. Includes Regine's poetry and messages from family and readers. Some strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2010